Tongue Fu for Kids is a show for children and their grown ups, a family-friendly version of Tongue Fu.

Games, poems, songs, improvisation and stories – all with genre-hopping improvised music from the Tongue Fu band. With special guest, international storyteller, Jan Blake.

15th Birthday celebrations back at Rich Mix, for the first time since 2020!

Chris Redmond and the Fu Band are joined by Jan Blake, Polar Bear, Zia Ahmed and Be Manzini for this very special show.

This is the Hot Poets finale where the work of spoken word artists and scientists is brought to life by a genre-hopping improvised soundtrack, provided by the Tongue Fu band.

Th show features Joelle Taylor, Yomi Ṣode, Zena Edwards, Elvis McGonagall, Toni Stuart, Matt Harvey, The Repeat Beat Poet, Jonny Fluffypunk and Francesca Beard, plus prizewinners from a nationwide participation project.

The show is hosted by Hot Poets artistic directors Chris Redmond and Liv Torc.

Tickets available here.

A brand new show from Tongue Fu, Hot Poets partners brilliant spoken word artists with scientists, NGOs and change-makers in the fight against climate change, to make brand new work telling hopeful stories.

Featuring:
Zena Edwards Poet, singer and climate activist who’s collaborators include Hugh Masekela and Akram Khan.
Yomi Sode Poet and theatre-wrangler, recipient of the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. Debut collection with Penguin 2022.
Matt Harvey Writer, poet, funnyman and favourite of BBC R4’s – Saturday Live and Wondermentalist Cabaret.

Hosted by:
Chris Redmond Writer, musician and Fu founder. A regular at music and literature festivals, featured on BBC R1, 2, 4, 6 and CBBC.
Liv Torc Poet and producer of WOMAD’s Hip Yak Poetry Stage. Her lockdown project, Haiflu – was championed by BBC R4 Today Programme and National Poetry Day.

Tickets available here!

East Oxford Community Centre

We’re back at Cheltenham Literature Festival for our annual knees up at the Parabola Arts Centre. Guests include Francesca Beard, Zena Edwards and Mohamed Hussain.

Tickets - https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2021/l260-tongue-fu/

Put on your storytelling socks and your sing-a-long shoes because Tongue Fu for Kids is back at Cheltenham Liteature Festival!

This special show as part of Tongue Fu’s Hot Poets project, invites you to imagine a world where we’ve stopped climate change, saved all the animals and lifted everyone out of poverty. It’s a story that needs to be written, and fast! Can you help?

Tickets - https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2021/lf68-tongue-fu-for-kids/

ArtfulScribe and MAST Mayflower Studios present Tongue Fu.

This show will feature local writers who took part in the workshop prior to the gig (see our events tab for more info!) and the Tongue Fu band, followed by an interval and the evening’s featured guests: Anthony Anaxagorou, Malaika Kegode and Ella Frears.

Tickets from - https://www.mayflowerstudios.org.uk/what-s-on/tongue-fu-2021/

Free workshop for young people thanks to the brilliant folks at MAST and Artful Scribe.

How do we write together? How do we make multi-voiced poems, stories and songs? What happens when we take creative risks and let go of the controls a little?

This workshop will explore these creative questions in a practical, playful, roll-your-sleeves-up-and-write-like-you-have-electric-fingers sort of way. You will create new collaborative work, explore performance possibilities then perform it on stage the same night with improvised soundtracks from the Tongue Fu band.

All levels of experience are welcome.

Remember to come to the show! Chick here to find out more.

Advance booking is essential - https://www.mayflowerstudios.org.uk/what-s-on/tongue-fu-workshop-2021/

We are thrilled to be gigging as part of Grand Junction’s Comfort and Courage season.

For this, our second show, Chris Redmond and the band are joined by Dizraeli, Belinda Zhawi and KOG at Grand Junction church/venue in Paddington, London.

Show is live from 7.30pm - 9pm but can also be watched on demand for 14 days after the event.

Tickets here